General Chat

JG ................ I wish you luck with new neighbour

The house next door to us was rented out for years between about 1980 and 2007, it was owned by the same guy who'd bought it in 1972 but they'd moved to another house and he kept the one next to us for his son, a cultural habit.

We alternated good and bad tenants until the late '90s when he got ones who stayed until his son did get married and needed the house. For whatever reason, the landlord believed in increasing the rent to the maximum allowed at the end of every year. Finding a new rental was not too bad back then, so all the good tenants moved out. Bad ones also moved out quickly ........ there was a midnight flitter, major damage, loud noise, etc etc. He also did very little maintenance though the last tenants did some quite major repairs, but the end result was that the old house had to be demolished because it needed too much doing. The son was really disappointed because he wanted to live in the old house!

Our very old Camellia is in flower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flowering is usually in April. It was here when we bought the house in 1972, and was probably at least 5 or 6 years old then. Now it is huge though we moved it to the "wrong" situation in 1977 according to all the experts ..... to the north east corner of the house! The flowers are white with red streaks, a cultivar no longer found as the colouring is apparently caused by a virus.

Cooler weather is threatened for early next week, so I hope no damage is done.

Hope that all is going well for Linda and the move.

Joan ....... I hope that you are well

Take care everyone

Neighbours are such a gamble, aren't they, Ginnie? Something one has no control over!

Yesterday and today it's been dry and sunny with blue sky. I've been able to get out in the garden with my loppers, and now have several big piles of twiggy branches which I'll have to get rid of gradually.
I love lopping - real job satisfaction - but not the clearing up afterwards!

Hello all,
Have been off line for a couple of days due to some area fault ,phone, tv box and internet all down . It came back for about an hour then off again but was back again today . Been off twice since but only for a few mins so something is still dodgy but hopefully it will be sorted properly soon.

Seems like our neighbours are moving they are really nice so will be sorry to see them go. they have only been here about 18 mths but since the house was sold to a landlord there have been several tenants in the house some good some not so good.
Have to wait and see now what the new ones are like.

Hope Linda's move has gone well and she enjoys her new home.

Florence hopefully all will be settled soon with the flat and you will be able to relax. A bit less to worry about.

Just started to rain again here but did get a line of washing dry today

Hope everyone is ok . Take care.

Ginnie.

Oh names :-D :-D :-D

Florence :-D :-D
Maybe Linda is sharing a cell with Charity Dingle from Emmerdale ;-)

More probably I expect Linda wants to throttle her new internet provider.

Morning chit chatters.

A lovely bright & sunny day but chilly. Good day for washing too so a load going out soon.

Ordered some grass seed with my food order and a garden fork from Amazon. Our back lawn isnt great with bare patches etc. My gardener last year said to sew some grass seed in the spring so getting organised for that.

Found I could also get Miracle grow compost from Tesco but it says "out of stock". maybe too early yet but would be good if I can get some delivered.

Slept longer today and felt I needed it hence not long up and sitting in Pjs with a coffee but off to shower & get dressed now as things to do.

Hope everyone looking in has a good day.

Joan, hope you are ok, still thinking of you & your family

Linda, have you strangled OH yet :-D :-D :-D
Hope its going well with unpacking.

Florence in the hebrides

Congratulations, Florence! I hope the sale of your mum's flat now goes ahead quickly.

Very cold again here. Sleet yesterday, and snow on the hills overnight.
Some lovely sunshine for a while this morning - before the rain came on again..
Extra jumper this evening, and the heating (old storage heaters) back up to max.

I hope the move went well, and that Linda is getting the house straight.

I don't have to have a move to have an OH putting things in the wrong places!

I'm forever searching kitchen drawers for items that we use daily and have a "home", although you wouldn't know it!

I'm also always keeping my eyes open for where he has put his own things ............. coat, cap, cheque book, keys, etc etc etc.

Yes, he is in the early stages of "forgetfulness", but is also clever enough to deceive the doctor!

We're having a brief break from rain, and even had a clear sky last night so I could see the almost-full moon (Feb 24 is full moon). I never saw even a slightest sign of January's full moon, and I'm not sure I'm going to see any more of this month's!

I did hear murmurs of "showers or flurries" for Tuesday in a report on the radio this morning :-P :-0

Well friend has been and gone, contracts signed and she will post them in town 1st class for me.

Went outside for a few minutes when saying goodbye ,but oh my , my hands were frozen very quickly. Brrrrr ventured back indoors straightaway and made a hot coffee.
Heating going on early today.

I'm thankful my last 2 house moves did not involve a man lol if it had of done, think I would have put him on tea duties and putting away empty boxes only :-D

Linda seems super organised and as long as she can keep OH from putting things away in unexpected places, I'm sure she soon will be straight.

A lovely start to the day with blue sky and sunshine,but already it has gone dull and we're expecting more rain later.
It's so chilly too, so I will find indoor tasks to keep me busy today.

Gwyn, I really wouldn't like to be in her shoes at the moment. All those boxes to be unpacked! However she doesn't work so has plenty of time to empty each box and put away at her own pace so that's a bonus.

If you are looking in Linda, hope all went well.

I finally got the contracts through and just waiting on a friend to come & witness my statement....one step closer :-D

Cloudy day and showery but the sun is trying to peep through. Its much colder today and there is snow on the hills...eeeek

Right off to be busy. Shall look in later on.

Have a good day everyone

Florence in the hebrides

Looking forward to hearing if the move went well.- I hope so.

I wonder if Linda has found new homes for everything?

Yes AnnG, was thinking earlier about Linda and hoped it all went well.

Hope Linda’s move went well and they are safely in their new house.

Good luck with the move, Linda. I hope all goes well, and that you get internet installed as promised!

Hope all goes well tomorrow linda. Here's hoping you do have internet as when I moved last 2 times, it was 6 weeks before got it connected!! We did have to change tel numbers both times as well.

Will you have a landline or are you all digitised?

Dismal day here and glad I was indoors. Just been busy doing research but i have had enough now as my brain is scrambled. Waiting on daughter coming home with food lol

Heating went on an hour ago and all nice and cosy now but can still here the wind howling outside. Think Spring has gone back into hibernation lol

Have a good evening all

Florence in the hebrides

Good luck with the move Linda. Hope all goes well.

Hope it all goes smoothly, Linda!
You do seem to be very organised, so there shouldn't be any problems.

When you get there, unpack the kettle, have a cuppa, put your feet up on a box, and breathe a sigh of relief - before starting on the unpacking.

All done :-D
There are just a few IT bits to unplug in the morning and to give the bathroom a quick clean before the removal van arrives at 8.30 am.
I am really pleased that my wonderful neighbour has invited us round for dinner this evening, so I wont have to bother with making a meal.

The internet at the new house is supposed to be being connected on Friday, so fingers crossed that happens and I can get back on line.

See you at the other side :-D

Well, that is enough for today. OH has been taping most of the boxes shut. There are just a few left open to put things in tomorrow. Of course he doesn’t listen. I checked the study and told him that he could tape them all up apart from one small box which I was still using. Of course when I went to get some sellotape, he had fastened it up, so he had to open it again :-(

Tomorrow there is just the remaining kitchen stuff, but not much of it. The tv’s to box up. The printer and smart speakers. Hmm, more to do than I thought, but it will be fine.